School: Newtown, Fertullagh
- Location:
- Newtownlow, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: K. Shumacher
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0732, Page 050
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- (continued from previous page)a ball. One person stands with her back to the other players and then throws the ball back to the ones behind her. The perks who catches it shouts Queen I.O. and then the girl who threw the ball has to guess who has caught it. if she guesses correctly she will get the ball to throw again, but if not the person who caught the ball will have the ball the next time.
My Lord Duke and my Lord John: To play this game two girls join hands forming an arch with their hands forming an arch with their hands. The two girls decide which will be my Lord Duke and which my Lord John. Then the rest of girls pass under the archway in a straight line all singing
'My Lord Duke and my Lord John.
Let everybody out but the very last man."
All the players pass through except the last one, who is asked which she would rather be. "my Lord Duke or my Lord John". She(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eirene Matthews
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballynagore, Co. Westmeath
